Diocese of Essen
Essendien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Essen, Germany
The Diocese of Essen is a Latin Church diocese covering the industrial Ruhr area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Erected in 1958, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cologne and led by Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck since 2009.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 February 1957
- Latin
- Essendien(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Good Counsel
- Annuario code
- 001001377
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 844,188
- Population
- 2,525,313
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 33.4%
- Priests
- 356
- Catholics per priest
- 2,371
- Extent
- 1,877 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 450
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Franz-Josef Overbeck
- Born
- 19 June 1964
- Birthplace
- Marl
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Essen Cathedral stands in Essen, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Cologne
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cologne.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KölnKöln
- Diocese of AachenAachen
- Diocese of LimburgLimburg
- Diocese of MünsterMünster
- Diocese of TrierTrier
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 1 January 1958, the Diocese of Essen serves roughly one million Catholics across the heavily urbanized and industrial Ruhr Area of Germany. Its bishop is seated at Essen Cathedral (Essener Dom or Essener Münster), a church more than a thousand years old that once belonged to Essen Abbey. Its Latin name is Dioecesis Essendiensis.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.